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ee this and give an extra thought to how a little bit of scrubbing will add some shine to what they present on a plate this is one time that i don t want to dare to do dirt thoughts from the road ke 2 marci penner posted by get kansas at 9 22 pm 2 comments posted by get kansas at 8 42 pm no comments sunday july 19 2015 flash mob presentation dena patte of ellis alliance won a we kan award but she didn t know it the awards are first presented at the kansas sampler festival held in may those who aren t present are awarded in a variety of other ways in the following weeks and months wendee and i were on our way to sherman county to do our guidebook research we intentionally went through ellis to present dena her we kan award plate about 15 minutes before we got to ellis we had the idea to call the city office and see who they could round up to be at dena s award presentation we drove into town and parked several doors down from dena s office at the same time people started coming out from the shadows or so it seemed they came from the alley down the street out of vehicles within a few minutes 14 people had assembled we all filed in to dena s office and everyone just sort of stood around with smiles on their faces dena didn t know what was going on wendee and i walked in last on this monday morning dena had been doing some wrap up of the weekend s event in ellis and was a little tired you see dena does everything all out for ellis she s the kind of person that makes a town click people like dena are the reason why people will volunteer because they want to support her and they know everything will be done well the dena patee s of the world don t expect or really care about recognition but they are the reason why a small community works it was only fitting that 14 people from her world were willing to drop what they were doing and show up for an impromptu presentation dena s award was appropriately titled doing everything all out we all went back to our planned agendas after that with a kick in our step and a light in our heart it was pretty neat to have the mayor the former mayor the banker the newspaper the city workers and others all show up in a matter of minutes to show appreciation for one of their own thanks for all you do dena from the road by marci penner posted by get kansas at 3 47 pm 1 comment sunday january 18 2015 is it you is your organization event or council thriving if not it may be time to ask yourself the hard question is it me can you find volunteers for your event do you have enthusiastic or frustrated workers do you have turnover and don t know why do you have a growing membership are things really clicking in your daily operations are your meetings productive and end with action items when we are the problem it s really hard to see even harder to admit and it s hard for someone to tell you that it s you if things aren t working you probably aren t happy either if you re on the edge can you do these things admit to yourself that you might be holding back progress and be more aware of dynamics around you become a good listener ask questions be open to ideas if you ve been insisting that things be done as they have always been done this may be discouraging those who want to inject some new ideas stop micro managing those who are fully capable of doing their job their way are you crediting people who have good ideas are you asking how you can help are you recognizing extra effort are you staying out of the way when you aren t needed sometime change is needed and sometimes it starts with us don t stay too long on a board as the boss as the chair of meetings or in charge of an organization ask yourself the hard question you ll be admired for it thoughts by marci penner and sarah green posted by get kansas at 8 28 pm no comments monday november 18 2013 a grocery store opening it seems so cut and dry a grocery store opening in a small town a grocery store opening is everything it s about sustainability it s about a future a grocery store makes a town functional morland is a town of about 150 people for a wholesale truck to stop a store has to buy 10 000 worth of inventory a week this fact plus utility costs has made it almost impossible for small towns to have a store morland found a way due to a very determined morland community foundation board and a supportive citizenry a store that provides groceries in morland is once again open after a eight year hiatus the foundation purchased the building and refurbished it the corner brick building comes complete with awning benches good sidewalks and a new furnace buffed wooden floors and a restored tin pressed metal ceiling promote the original look the counter is from the old store the new shelves weren t quite filled at the time of this picture but before the ribbon cutting a truck came in and volunteers came to unload the truck and stock the shelves a sunny sky and warm temperatures made for a perfect ribbon cutting day on november 16 it seemed there were more than 100 people present to help celebrate the majority of which were morland citizens people came from throughout the county but also from oakley scott city manhattan and topeka this was definitely something to cheer about rhonda goddard did a great job as em cee governor sam brownback took time from pheasant hunting to say a few words to acknowledge the value of rural communities and to cut the ribbon skip yowell one of the founders of jan s port moved back to an unincorporated burg in the county st peter just the fact that he is graham county by choice when he could ve lived anywhere is quite a statement here he talks about moving back in the background as she prefers to be is faye minium faye citizens state bank president is the indefatigable force behind this effort it was pretty cool that local business owners got to say a few words mike frakes of pac leader technology talked about the software his company sells that provides guidance and steering for ag equpiment field computers and more mac carpeli talked about the morland makerspace institute it s a rural community lab and incubator dave procter director of the rural grocery store initiative and his wife sandy came from manhattan to help celebrate and to shop wendee laplant kansas sampler foundation inman bought enough groceries to earn a spin on the wheel diana crouch the wheel was lots of fun larry crouch from st peter handed out morland mercantile mugs customers were made to feel pretty special tessa and sharon are glad to fill two of three new jobs the grocery store added to morland and a volunteer job too don is the bag boy and carried groceries out with a smile mark joslyn on right owner of joslyn s food center in hoxie is ordering for morland thus making it possible to get around the volume minimum which means making it possible for morland to have a working store store manager ron radcliffe left is up for the challenge to get this store off to a great start if as much effort is made to keep the store open as was to get it ready to open morland will have a successful store for years to come if you re driving down u s 24 make it a point to stop and shop it ll help you get kansas hours are monday friday 7 a m 6 30 p m saturday 7 a m 2 p m from a spot on the road kansas explorer 2 marci penner posted by get kansas at 8 59 pm 11 comments monday november 11 2013 community tributes to veterans it seems that almost every town in kansas has some kind of memorial to veterans whether it be recently made or dates back to the civil war here are a few that we have found on our erv trip courthouse square iola courthouse square great bend sac and fox tribal offices reserve brown county avenue e and 26th wilson old parade ground fort dodge fort riley cemetery ulysses cemetery e 160 tribune n k 27 hoisington cemetery northeast corner of town bordering k 4 african american folk art gravestone courthouse square holton prairie people s park prairie band of the potawatomi indian reservation jackson county artwork memorial at prairie people s park veteran s memorial courthouse square mankato courthouse grounds mcpherson city park parkerville morris county city park white city morris county woodland cemetery a national cemetery for civil war soldiers mound city linn county highland cemetery e k 106 minneapolis gar memorial in background larned cemetery 1 mile west of larned on k 156 then 1 2 mile south larned cemetery pocket park 1st and walnut hutchinson veterans memorial park e u s 40 russell courthouse square scott city veterans memorial u s 54 veterans display museum of the great plains leoti courthouse square yates center civil war memorial arch leading in to heritage park junction city when you see how communities honor their veterans it should help you get kansas posted by get kansas at 10 41 am no comments monday august 5 2013 why did the kansas sampler foundation spend so much time with muscotah several people have asked why we have spent so much time supporting and promoting muscotah i have been remiss in explaining this part to learn two towns were chosen to help us learn some things so we could create a successful program called kanstarter formerly known as the we kan bank that will be of benefit to all kansas communities the plan is for kanstarter to operate somewhat like kickstarter a crowdsourcing funding mechanism for the global creative arts world kanstarter will be used to connect community projects with those who want to help through volunteerism or donations the bottom line is to develop and support projects that will help sustain communities first hand experience in 2009 we chose to practice in whiting jackson county population 200 with a project commonly known as the whiting cafe makeover through a statewide and global network we raised over 6 000 and had dozens of volunteers show up for a work weekend our next effort was to support muscotah atchison county population 200 with their dream of capitalizing on native son and major league baseball hall of famer joe tinker in creating a spark for the town statistic of the 626 incorporated cities in kansas more than half have less than a 400 population what are we as a state doing to support these volunteer led towns why whiting and muscotah every year the kansas sampler foundation does a retreat for rural leaders at the barn bed and breakfast in valley falls the retreat includes an annual field trip in order to have a first hand experience with the theme of the year whiting and muscotah are within close proximity to valley falls jeff and c j hanson of muscotah came to whiting to help with the whiting cafe project jeff caught the fever and came up with a dream for his town this led to several muscotah visits from our retreat attendees over the last four years inspiration the first year we visited muscotah we met in the city building we all sat in a circle the muscotah folks went first to introduce themselves without being prompted each one said how many years they had lived in the town and why they loved it in the dead of a wet winter the town was looking dreary with its unpaved roads and abandoned business buildings by the time the last muscotah person spoke our hearts were warmed and we were ready to run through a brick wall for them we came back a year or two later to check on them and to see how their dream was progressing that s when the idea was hatched to convert the old round water tower tank into the world s largest baseball from there the room was buzzing with ideas and promises and hope we committed our group committed to being there for them to use our individual and group networks and resources to help them be the best they could be at being muscotah they would have to do the bulk of the work we would be like back up singers to the main act the network could the simple use of a network help raise the funds produce volunteers and experts find technical know how promote events like the work weekend and joe tinker day and attend and celebrate with muscotah in a manner that would make a difference clearly the answer is yes muscotah citizens did all the heavy lifting the outside world rallied around them who won muscotah was a winner because of the exposure and many tangible results for their community those who took part as volunteers technical resource experts or financial contributors were winners because of the satisfaction they received being part of a group that literally helped boost a town forward local and area businesses were winners too because supplies were purchased from them did it seem like this was just all about muscotah it probably seemed like this was just a gift for muscotah the truth is that they worked harder than any of us it s not easy to be in the trenches and be the last line of responsibility with a very strong core group they took advantage of all the support and made it happen as the clearinghouse the kansas sampler foundation observed this experiment through the eyes of muscotah the volunteers the donors the media and all of the parties involved with what we learned we have a better chance of making ka nstarter a better product as we work with reflective group in developing this online mechanism of support for all kansas communities a dozen things we ve learned over the years about community projects 1 buy in community projects work best if everyone has had a chance to offer ideas comments or questions 2 all age groups don t just count on the usual players enlist input from all age groups really listen 3 communicate keep everyone informed find the best communication method whether it be a posted message or social media 4 strong leadership calm focused respected leaders are needed to take a town through the tough times 5 do what is right the popular plan might not always be what is right stick with what is right 6 community foundation a trusted mechanism for receiving donations is a necessity 7 network the most interested people in supporting your community are those who have graduated or once lived in your town developing a list of these people and staying in touch is priceless 8 set your ego aside this is not about you it s about community it s about being a team make it so 9 make it worthwhile in this day of busy people and crowded calendars each meeting and each event needs to be worthy of everyone s time 10 help others they ll help you 11 coffee shop talk be the supportive and positive voice 12 celebrate have fun with your community each experience helps ksf get kansas ke 2 marci penner posted by get kansas at 5 44 pm 1 comment older posts home subscribe to posts atom share get kansas subscribe to get kansas posts atom posts all comments atom all comments these followers get kansas do you 8 wonders of kansas guidebook get a guidebook and go check out these other cool web sites about kansas sampler foundation explorer research voyage flyover people by cheryl unruh frank thompson s kansas journeys geokansas kgs photo library 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